Combination window-screen and storm-sash.



J W; ARTHUR.

COMBINATION wmnow SCREEN AND STORM SASH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13, 1914.

1,116,783: Patentd Nov. 10, 1914.

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WITNESSES N Y Wa MJM/ w INVENTOR THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTO-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D C.

J. W. ARTHUR.

COMBINATION WINDOW SCREEN AND STORM SASH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.13, 1914.

1,1 16,783, Patented Nov. 10, 1914;

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JAMES W. ARTHUR, OF WARREN, OHIO COMBINATION WINDOW-SCREEN AND STORM-SASH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs W. ARTHUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Warren, in the county of Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combination WVindow- Screens and Storm-Sashes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompany ng drawings, forming partof this specification, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation, taken from the inside of a building, and showing a window equipped with my improved combination sash. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken from the outer side of the building. Fig. 3 is a section on the line III-III of Fig. 2. Fig. at is a horizontal section on a larger scale showing how a glass pane is secured in the combination sash. Fig. 5' is a perspective view partly broken away, of one of the securing strips, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the washers.

My invention has relation to a combination window screen and storm sash; and is designed to provide a sash of this character having simple and convenient means whereby either a screen, or glass, may be quickly and readily secured in the sash frame.

My invention also provides a sash of this character in which the fastening devices are accessible only from the insideof the building and which, in a measure,,acts as a pro-' tection against burglary. 1

The nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which I have shown a preferred embodiment thereof, and which will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes can be made in the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

In these drawings, the numeral 2 designates a window frame, 3 the usual. upper sash and 1 the usual lower sash.

5 designates the side rails or jambs of the frame 2 and which carry the guides for the sashes, These side rails or jambs are made of suflicient width to extend outwardly beyond the sashes far enough tocarry attaching means for the frame of my improved auxiliary or combination sash. One of the side rails 6 of the latter is connected to one of the side jambs by suitable hinge members Specification. of Letters Patent. Patented N 10 1914. Application filed. March 13, 1914. Serial No. 824,403..

" 7. These hinge members are so arranged,

asshown in Figs. .3 and 4:, that the hinge pins or pintles .8 are between the two hinge members, whereby the said pins or pintles are inaccessible from the outside, when the combination sash is infits normal closed posltion. The hinge members carried by the combination sash frame maybe extensions of the sheet metal plate 9 which incases the adjacent side rails 6, the rail 6 being secured between the plate 9 and an outer strip or plate 10. The two plates 9' andlO are L- shaped' in cross section; and whenfthe plate 10 isin position, as shown inFigQ 3, themner "edges of these two plates project sufiiciently to receive and retain the side bars of an inner frame 11 having rabbets 12 to seat the edges of the screen 13. The plate 10 also secures the edge strip 14 which binds the edge of the screen. There is a similar arrangement of plates 9 and 10 at each side I of the combination sash. Thestrip 10 is SGCHIBd lIl place by means of one or more clamp screws 15 which extend through the side rails 6 from the inner'side and are engaged with nuts 16 which are secured in any suitable manner in openings in the strips 10. Each of the screws is shouldered at 17 to seat a washer 18. These washers are partially split, as shown at 19, so as to enable them to be spread and slipped over the screws to their seated positions. The strips 10 maybe further secured to the frame of the combination sash by means of the key-hole shaped slots 20, which engage pins or studs 21 on said frame.

When it is desired to remove the screen 13 and to substitute glass therefor, as shown at 22 in Fig. 4, the clamping screws for the plate 10 are loosened sufliciently to permit the removal of said strips. The strips 11 and 14 can then be readily removed with the screen 13. The glass 22 is then placed in the frame, preferably against a suitable backing strip 23 seated against the inwardly projecting edge portions of the strips 9. The strips 10 are then reversed edge for edge, so that their shorter flanges instead of lying parallel The change from screen to glass can be very easily and quickly effected. The reversible strips 10 form simple and eflicientsecuring means for either the screen or the glass. It will be noted that the clamping screws 15 are only accessible from the inside of the building, so that the screen, or glass, cannot be readily removed by burglars;

I claim: 7 I 1. A combination screen and storm sash, comprising a frame adapted to receive either a screen member of one thickness or a glass pane of a diflerent thickness, and removable clamping strips for securing either the screen member or the glass pane, said strips being reversible edge for edge,and each having tWo different portions one of which is adapted to engage the screen member When the strip is in one of its positions, and the other of Which is adapted to engage the glass pane when the strip is in the reversed position, substantially as described.

2. A combination screen and storm sash, comprising a frame adapted to receive .and the glass pane, one of the flanges being arranged to engage the screen member When the strip is in one position and the other flange being arranged to engage the glass pane When the strip is reversed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. i

JAMES W. ARTHUR. Witnesses Wan J. HYDE, R. W. MACISAAC.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of lPatents, Washington, D. G." 

